Charles Spurgeon Commentary Galatians 6:11

"See with how large letters I write unto you with mine own hand." — Galatians 6:11 (ASV)

Ye see how large a letter I have written unto you with mine own hand.

Paul did not often write his own epistles. It is thought that he had a defect of the eyes. He employed an amanuensis generally.

When he did write, he wrote generally in large capital letters. I suppose that is what he meant: "You see how emphatic my writing is—what large characters I have made in writing to you." Or he may have meant that for a letter, written by him, this was a lengthy one.

Ye see how large a letter I have written unto you with mine own hand. (Galatians 6:11)

I suppose that he meant, "See what big characters I have made."

"My eyes are weak, and so, when I do write a letter," Paul says, "in the dimness of this dungeon, with my poor weak eyes and my hands fettered, I have to write text-hand and give it to you in large letters."

"Well," he says, "then carry it out in big letters." You see with what large letters I have written to you. Now, emphasize it all, take it as emphatic, and carry it out with great diligence.

"As I have written this with my own hand, and not used an amanuensis, I implore you to pay all the more attention to it, you Galatians, who seem to be so bewitched that, to deliver you from false doctrine and an evil spirit, I would even write a letter with my own blood if it were necessary."